The 3rd Pakistan Climate Conference, recently hosted by the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI), marked another critical milestone in the country’s journey toward climate resilience. Over the…
Pakistan has a talented workforce that can help the country stay on the path to progress. But policymakers keep holding on to hopium, ignoring the stark realities of the country.…
LAST week in Islamabad, something rare happened. Judges, police officers, prosecutors, lawyers, policymakers, and rights experts gathered: not in the usual posture of mutual suspicion or institutional self-preservation, but in…
THE UNDP Disability and Development Report 2024 is mind-boggling. Given Pakistan’s slide into ignominy, the country itself seems to be falling through the gaps of strange-sounding global developmental indices such…
The lightning pace of technological advancement, especially the advent and mainstream adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across the globe in such a short span of time, has caught so many…
It is no secret that Pakistan has been battered by an economic crunch for decades now. The investment climate is in the doldrums, as evidenced by the low investment-to-GDP rate…
Pakistan is experiencing an escalating water crisis, driven by rapid population growth, climate change and mismanagement of resources. The country has witnessed an astonishing population surge, increasing from 60 million…
The World Bank Group (WBG) in its 2023 released ‘Pakistan – Country climate and development report’ pointed out that‘The total investment needs for a comprehensive response to Pakistan’s climate and…
The province of Balochistan is the largest province of Pakistan in terms of area. It has an area of 347,190 sq.kms, equivalent to 43.6% of the total geographical area of…
Inflation has come down dramatically – from 28.3 percent in January 2024 to 1.5 percent in February 2025. The question remains: why isn’t there a feel-good factor? Inflation, economists maintain,…
